WSJ: Obama to unleash attack ads aimed at defining McSame...soon

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Sen. Obama already has begun pivoting toward the general election. Soon, he is likely to unleash attack ads aimed at defining Sen. McCain. With vastly more money, Sen. Obama will be able to flood the airwaves as voters are forming impressions.

A preview erupted yesterday when, in an interview on cable news, Sen. Obama suggested Sen. McCain was "losing his bearings." McCain adviser Mark Salter quickly countered with an open memo to reporters. He called it a "not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue."

Obama spokesman Bill Burton swiped back. He called Mr. Salter's email a "bizarre rant" and accused him of wanting to "distract and attack."

One of Sen. Obama's emerging attacks on Sen. McCain is to try and link him with the unpopular incumbent. "We can't afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush's third term," he told a North Carolina victory rally Tuesday.

The comparison to President Bush is one of many reasons why Sen. McCain has walked a careful line as he defines himself. He helped shore up a Republican base with a string of conservative policy positions on the economy, Iraq, health care and judges. Though he has courted a maverick image of moderation, he has made clear that his policy agenda will contour to conservative thought.

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Now you're gonna see a fighter.

Whooo-Eeeeee!! Now THAT is hitting below the belt! Has O'Bama no shame?

pnorman

But now he's going to air attack ads?

:crazy: :crazy:

does not preclude him from pointing out how fucked up a McSame presidency would be for this country.

Have your fun. It won't be long.

I will agree getting McCain on his policies but veiled attacks on his age are not cool and it makes Obama look like a hypocrite. Dems tried that with Reagan and it came back to bite us in the ass.

Be specific...if you can.

first, it ain't negative to point out the truth ...

second, whine around all you want, but BO has used KID gloves in dealing with Hill ... His DEMOCRATIC opposition ...

than an attack ad against a fellow Democrat. He is just on the offensive. It is the Democratic party vs. the Republican party. Don't you understand that?:patriot:

We're fighting for the very future of our country.

Every talking head I saw mention it practically rolled their eyes at McCain's response to it.

Let's get started defining all the repubs as out of touch.

K&R